The TlogaA&Boty Agitator : ; BE l|.a COBB. Publishodoyery. We iWday morning and mailed to ancsoriberaat OSS Dt»4iAß XND FIFTY CENTS P . f y«r,;al«y..f*:4WA?lCE. Theflaper Is sent postage ffee to county subscriber?, though they day reoeiv,their mail at post-offices lo cated in oountics'iminslrately adjoining, for conven ience. ‘ ' ; ’ Tbb.Aoitatob, is tha;Official paper of Tioga Co., aijd circulates iuevorj,neighborhood therein- Sub scriptions being on the.'advance-p&y system, it circu lates among aclass mbsttpthe.interest of advertisers to reach. Terms'to advertisers as liberal as those of fered by any paper of Jijpal circulation in Northern Pennsylvania.-1 , - i! ',--i ; JPW* A .cross, on' Ctrl)' margin of a paper, denotes that the subscription to expire. \ Papers trill boa'upped when the subscription time expires, unless tthfi hgentordei's iheir continu ance. ..' ‘ '* 1 . ■ JAS. LOWKIEY & STf. WILSOS, ! A TTOBNEYS atLAW, will'attend the' Courts of Tioga, Potter and McKean counties. ' [Wellsboro, Jan. 1, 1863.] Attorney & counsellor. at law, Coadersport, Pa., will attend the several Courts Id Potter and McKean counties.' All business en trusted to bis.care Fill receive prompt attention. He has tbe agency of lsr£p tracts of good settling land «nd will attend to of taxes on any lands in said ; . Jon. 28, 1863.* PICKINSpK HOUSE, CORNING, N. Y. Mas. A. F1ELD,..*,.....-■....• •....Proprietor. GUESTS taken (9 and'from the Depot free - of charge,- r ;{Jsn. If t-863,} ~ PESSSYI/AYIA house:, corner of main Utrket and the avenue, WoEaboro, Fa. J, W. BIGONY;. THIS papular, Hotel, having been vre-fittetl and is now open to the public ns first-class hbuso. ’' [Jan. 1,1865.] IZAAB WAJLXOM HOUSE, Gaines, Tioga County, Pa. H. C- VERMILYEA..... Propriator. TEIS is a new hotaj. located within easy ac cess of the best Sshuig and hunting grounds in Northern Pennsylvania. . No pains will bo spared for tho accommodation of'pleasure seekers and the trav elling public. - -j, - [Jan. 1, 1863.] -WATCOASi'' CLOCKS AND EiVELBI ! ■ Repaired-at' ifco’S. STORE, by the subscriber, in the and at ns luw the same wofk can by any first rate prac tical workman, in ihp Slate WeUsboro, July 15^ WELLSBORO HOTEL. B. B. HOLIDAY,. Proprietor. THfi Prppriqfor again taken possession of the above tfqtei/'ain spare no pains to insure the cuhfort of'guestiaij'd the traveling public. At tentive waiters .oaily. Terms reasonable. Wellsboro; Jiid. 215363.-tf. ' A. i^OIEV, Watches, Clocks, Jewelrv, &c., &c., - REPAIRED! AT' OLD .PRICES. ' POST OFFICE BUILDING, NO. 5f -'UpifON JBL'OCK, yWellsboro, May lBs3. ) ■ 13. ffi^BLACK, barber hair-dresser, SHOP OVER C.'li. WILCOX’S STORE, NQ. 4, UNION BLOCK. 'Wellsboro, June 24 * §BC3, FLOUR AK& FBED STORE. wrig£s;& bailey HAVE had theifjnliir thoroughly repaired and are receivn^ 1 fresh ground flour, feed, huml, <ko., erory store in town. Cash paid for all nf grain. , " a V t WEIGHT & BAILEY. Wollsboro, April Wool Carding? ?md Cloth Dressing. THE subscriber (informs his old customers and the public generally that he ii prepared to card wool and nld'stan'd, tfce coming reason, baring second jp£® services of Mr: J. PEET, a competent and workman, and also in tending to give'bis attentiQn to the business, ho will’warrant till w<Msido‘no at'hia shop. ’Wool carded at five cents per pound, and Cloth dressed at front ten cents per yard as per color and finish. O.Vi / ’ J.*X« JjACKBON. WWlsboro, May 6, 1 , ttAREEjLE SIIOH. I AM now receiving a STOCK- of ITALIAN and RUTLAND- MARBLB>-(booghV. with cash) and am prepared to maonfaclure' all kinds of TOMB - s TONES and MONUMENTS *Vthelow«t J pricos. HA&VEY ADAMS is my atrthorired agent and will sell Stone at the same prices as at the shop. ' TVS HAVE ‘pDT-QNE PRICE. Tioga,May_2*o, 1863-ly. A. D. COLE. JOHN A. KOY, AN*D MEDICINES, JL/ Chetnital#; Varnish, .Palate,-Dyes, -Soaps, P«r fumery, Brushes, Toys, ‘Fancy Ooods, Pare Wines, and dlher Liquors for. medical use. ent Medicines of the Ay* Medicines warranted gen uine and of tb« j - *2».a BEST Physician's PrefceriplUins accurately componndedr The beet Petroleum fwbioh is tdoperior to any other for horning in Also, all other kinds of Oils usually keptfiri a first class Drug Store. FANCY DYE COLORS? in packages all ready compoanded, f<sr.thtf piivitft - families. ‘ Also, Pure Loaf Sugar for compounds,' - Wellsboro, June STATE Nt»HJTIAE SCUOOE, [For th-Mh'DStnf, Pa.] ■■ i, jiASD 4 - JHausfidd Classical ".Seminary. Kev. W. D. ii. M.... Principal. Mr. Mrs. Hi S. TATLOR,. v .:.. t I.PireceplreBB. Miss IT, A. FAKX&WyhTH, Assistant. Assistant, and Teacher'of Music. The Fall Turin of 'tbU.luetKution will open Sept. 2d. The Winter Term^Deci)2d. :®tte Spring Term, March 1864. Each term to continue thirteen weeks. ' - }_, . \ i - A Normal School; Co’uirse of study for eradlufttioh, imhmdng i| adopted - -, >, 7 btodents for the Normal lie Clossi- UBl are joKdted. f FojjpaTtvcnlaTß. address Rer.TWD. Taylor, Mans peld/Tioga County Penna. JSend for a Circular, - ' .v. : lw,_. of the Board of Trustees, • WM. HOtLANDI Secretary. M&nsfleld, Aa^Dgtfi,‘ilB63. Insurance Agency. THE lasnranoe'Company of North America have appointed the Bndersiened an agent for Tioga county and vicinity?? /. T character and standing of this Compaq *" ur * nc t oof *ll prolection to owners of fidenM a r£'”V l ? e baznrt3 of fire > 1 “licit with con fidence a liberal .here of the business df.tbe county! i. SiM nim7 7'u mco ‘t llr »*' i ™ 17«4- .Hecapital ' l.t j»n M,Mt ’ ‘ ,l 1861 as per statement Ist Jan, of that year was $1254,719 81.. -, • CHARLES PLATT ..Secretary. ARTHUR 0. COFFIN,..' President. Office of the Company fIOS Walnut Street w «». Bnebler,Centml Aseat Ilnr -- pl*h urs,i*u. , ■ THE VOL. X. .. ■■ Come.witb me Down this rude lane ablate with golden-rod And fresh with fragrance from the up-turned sod, To where yon farm-house lifts its modest head, By peace, content and health inhabited. The trauquil-kiue,. reposing in the grass, Turn drerfmy eyes upon ns as we pass; The shy sheep gaze askance, and chanticleer Disturbs the silence with a lusty cheer from the far. barn-yard: sights and sounds are these ■ To tnakethe saddest ebeerefct and at ease. How full the quj,et spot of street perfumes, Aromas of frekb grass and clover blooms! How like a Sabbath stillness, or like prayer, The cloistered calm of this sequestered air 1 - Anon the swinging scythe perchance is heard; Aaim the the sacred. Sabbath calm is stirred By'soundtog flail or woodman's axoanear. Re-echoing through-the forest sharp and clear : The dim, old forest, where the children go A-nutting when the leaves are all aglow Beneath the frost-king's touch. Bach merry routs The little people teiicf thereabouts! And then the husking&.and the apple-bees, The pleasant pie-nics underneath the frees — IVbat city belle can boast such joys ns these? But not outside the modest farm-house dwells Its sweetest charm; that quiet roof-tree tells Of love and trust beneath its humble dome, And all that glads and sanctifies a home. Here the good bouse-witb plies her cheerful tasks From morn to eve, nor gift nor guerdon asks, Save the Sweet payment of berbu-band's smile And Qod’a dear love and health and strength the while. i Her rosy daughters, not too fine to soil Their pretty fingers with tbo marks of toil, 'With.Cheerful patience sew the lengthened se£m, --Prepare the meal or churn the yellow cream, ’ OHead the toddling baby that essays Unequal steps about the household ways, Dr hasten to the door when daylight fails To unburden father" ol bis brimming pails. Thrice hnppy man, thrice happy father he! His smoking supper ready, on bis knee The crowing baby, and around bis board Health and content, be well may thank the Lord ! Lile has its trials, wbatso'er our lot; But if there be, 6u God's dear earth, on* spot Orownod more than others with His favors lent, 'Tis such a home as (his: AH sweet content, All peaceful, heavenly influences meet To purify, enrich trad make itaweet. - Witliin.'wilhout, around it end above, Good thoughts, like blessed angels, rove and rove. The very cattle, knee-deep in the brooks. Have lexons for us in ibeir patient looks; Tbe silent bills, slow.stretching far away, The shady hollows with tbe Limbs at play lu tbeir cool bosoms, (be rejivcing rills, Tbe sobbing of the lonely Whip poor wills, Tbe mi£ty glories of the purpling morn. The night's deep splendor when the stars are born. The corn up springing 'neatb the sun and rain, The ripening fruitage and the nod’ding grain, The changing seasons as they come arid go, Winter, tbe pilgrim, with bis coif of snow, Spring the sweet charmer, Summer all ablaze,, ’Neath the rich doWer of her meridian days, And, best of all, glad Autumn.blithe and sweet, Laying her wealth uncounted ai .oar feet ! Who, living out bis peaceful Ji/e among Scenes such as these, more eloquent them tongue Of priest or prelate, who, if he be wise To lessons set before bis eyes, But shall imbibe (be wisdom they impart, And win the blessing of the pure in heart I" .Proprietor. A. R. HASCY. > Stotrg of ti)t Wat. SLAVERY IN NSW ORLEANS. The two following anecdote, from Mr. Par ton’s furthcoming book on Gen. Butler’s gov ernment in New Orleans have a painful interest ns recent and authentic records hy eye-wit nesses of tlje shames which a kind God is wiping away from our nation. THE OLD GENTLEMAN WHO TgoCOHT A HANCOCLD DO WHAT BE LIKED WITH HIS OWN SERVANT. A Lieutenant searched a certain house in New Orleans, in which Confederate arms were reported to be, concealed. Arms and tents were found stowed in the garret, which were removed to that grand repository of contra band articles, the Custom-House. A gentleman of venerable aspect, with long white hair, and a form bent with.,premature old age, was the occupant of the house from which the arms and tents were- taken. In the twilight of an evening soon after the .search,, the most fearful screams were heard proceeding from the yard of the hquse, as if a human being was .suffering there the utmost that roqrtal can endure of agony. . A sentinel, Who, was,pacing bis beat, near by, ran into the yard, where be beheld a hideous spectacle, A young mulatto girl was stretched upon the ground on her face, her feet tied to a stake, her hands held by a black niah, her'back uncovered from neck to heels. The venerable old gentle man with the flowing white hair was seated in an arm-chair by the side of the girl at a dis tance convenient for his-purpose, He held in his hand a powerful horse-whip, with which he ■was lashing the delicate and sensitive flesh bf (lie young T girl. Her back was covered with bipod. Every stroke of the infernal instrument of torture tore up her flesh in longdafk ridge's. The soldier," aghaatat (be' sight, rushed "to the guard-house, and reported what he had seen to his sergeant, and the sergeant ran to headquar ters mad told the General. Gen. Butler sent him flying,back to stop the did miscreant, and ordered htm'to bring the torturer and his vic tim to headquarters the next morning, • The sergeant hurried back and rescued the girl from the' lash. . .... ■ About ninp, the same evening, the sergeant "oqme again to headquarters, breathless, report ing that thej were torturing the girl again, as the most heartrending shrieks were heard com ing from an upper, room of the house., Gen. "B4tler ordered himito arrest all the inmates of : tho hn6ae,.ari(i keep them in the guard-house All' night, -And i bring-'thero the morning.’ Gn returning'to . the bouse, the ser geant found that the second outcry was' caused by washing the lacerated back of the poor girl with strong brine. They -do this at the South .eh the'i pretense that it causes the wounds of 'the lash 'to heal more-qniokly and with less pain.' The real object is to make them heal Without SUcb Scar* aa would lessen the value of the stave htthe auction-block. : It is said really to have that effect ; nhd the- Of oration has the ' farther charm of being moVo esq i itely para-' ■ ful thgn the pnniahmen; itself, einefrthe flooding' of the beck' with brine rev ves the dull Sensi tavSheßS”of the netvss. caUs-hick the ! dead agony s to lffei renewe.Jtt one, inStnht; the an-■ •guish Of stroke/and tliaVanguish ... 3ebotcof to tfie sSytc«»Co» of tfce ares of jFmUom snb t&e Spread of JBjralt&g Reform. WHILE THEBE^SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED,, AND UNTIL "MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE,. AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. StUct Dot trj?. , THE . yABMBB>S HOME, BT CABOLINE A, MASON. WELLSBOEOj TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2, 1863. intensified. ' The whole extent of the sufferer’s back is one biting, burning, piercing, madden ing pain. ; In the morning, the hoary wretch and his tortured slave were brought to the General’s office. The upper part of her dress was opened. It was a hideous.and horrible sight. “What have you to say, sir?” said General Butler to the old man T He said the girl bad given information res pecting the arms and tents in bis garret, and she was going to rnn away. . “It is false, sir,” said the, General, “so far as the information ia concerned. We had our information from another.source. What was ’the cause of the second outcry ? ” . The old man, said be did not know. Tfbe General Asked the girl. She said it was master washing her with brine. “ Is'thiejso ?” asked the General, ] . “ Yes." I “ Yon d|-d old rascal I What could tempt you to 1 treat a human being so ?” _ “ She is my servant, and I suppose I may do what I like with her. I washed her to relieve her from pain/’ “To relieve her? Well, sir, I shall commit you to Fort Jackson.” “ General, I nm a native of Sooth Carolina; my health, is infirm. It will kill roe.” “I can’t help, that. And see that you be have well, or you shall have precisely the same punishment that yon have given this poor girl, and to relieve your pain, you shall be washed down with brine." , . The old native of Sooth Carolina went to Fort Jackson, where I am happy to be able to state, bo died in a month. Gen. Butler gave the girl her freedom, and assigned her a sum. of money sufficient to set her up is some little business, such as colored girls carry on in New Orleans. TUB “ HIGH-TONED” HB. LANDRY AND HIS SLATE One Sunday morning, while Gen. Butler was seated at the breakfast table. Major Strong, a gentleman who was not given to undue emo tion, rushed into the room, pale with rage and horror. “ General;” he exclaimed, “ there is the most damnshle thing out here!” The General followed him to the office. There he found the stuff assembled, standing round a woman, gazing upon her with flashing eyes, their countenances betraying mingled pity and fury. The servants of the boose were crowding about the doors of the room. The woman who was the object of so much at; tentiun was nearly white, aged about twenty seven. Her face showed at the first glance that she was one of those unfortunate creatures whom some savages regard with a kind of re ligious riwe, and whom civilized beings are ac customed to consider peculiarly entitled to ten derness and forbearance. She was simple minded. Nut absolutely an iiliot, but imbecile, vacant, half silly. “ Look here. General,"' said Major Strong, as he opened the dress of this poor creature. Her back was cut to pieces with the infernal cowhide. It was all black and red—red where the infernal instrument of torture had broken the skin, black where it had not. To convey an idea of its appearance, Gen. Strong used to say that it resembled a very rare beefsteak, with the black marks of the gridiron across it. No one ever saw Gen.' Butler so profoundly moved ns he was while gazing upon the pitiable spectacle. “ Who did this?” be asked the girl.’ “ M ister," she replied. “ Who is your master 1" “ Mr. Landry.” Landry was a respectable merchant living near headquarters, nut unknown to the mem-i hers of the staff. “ What did be do it for?” asked the. General. ," I went out after the clothes from the wash," said she, “and I stayed out late. When I came home, master kicked me and said he would teach me to run away,” “Orderly, go to Landry’s bouse andl bring him before me." In a few minutes Landry entered the office —a spare, tall, gentlemanlike person of fifty five. “ Mr. Landry,” ’ said the General, “ this is infamous. The girl is evidently simple! It is the awfoiest spectacle lever beheld in my life.” At this, moment Major Strong whispered in the General’s ear a piece of information which caused him to compare the faces of the master and the slave. The resemblance between them was striking. “Is this woman yonr daughter?” asked the General. ' ’ ' ’’ “There are Reports to that effect,” said Lan dry. . -• The insolent nonchalance of the man, as he .replied to . the last question, so inflamed the rage of all who witnessed it, that it needed but a wink from the General to have set a dozen infuriated men at his throat! The General merely said, “ I am answered, sir.” The General, for 'once, seemed deprived of lie power to judge with promptness, lie re mained for s.omo time, saje an eye-witness,, ap parently lost in abstraction. 1 shall never for get the singular expression.ob his face. I . had been accustomed to see him in a storm of passion, at any instance of oppression or flagrant injustice; baton this occasion he was too deeply affected to obtain relief, in. the usual way. His whole air was one of dejection, almost • listleseness; his indignation . too intense, and 'his anger tno stern,.to find expressing seen in bis countenance.. 1 ~ Never have I seen that peculiar look but on three or four occasions similar to the one I am narrating, when I knew bo was pondering upon the baleful curse that had cast its withering blight upon all around, until the manhood and humanity were crushed out of the people, and outrages snolr as the above were looked upon 'with complacency, and the perpetrators treated at respected and worthyoitixens—-and that he : was realising the gWattruth that; however mao might endeavor to guide this War to the advan tage of rffavorite idea or sogaoioos policy,' the ■ Almighty Vae direetiftg it'surely %nd steadily DAUGHTER. for the purification of our country from this greatest of natiqnel sins. ’ * After sitting ,in the mood which I have dca oribed, the General again turned to the prison er, end said, in a quiet, subdued tone of voice: “Mr. Landry, I dare not trust myself to de cide to-day what punishment would be meet for your offense, fur I aroin that state of mind that I fear I might exceed the strict demands of justice, I shall, therefore, place yog under guard for the present,' until I conclude upon your sentence'.” The nest morning came troops of Landry’s friends to tell the General what an honorable, what** “ high-toned,” what an amiable gentle man Mr. Landry was, and bow highly be was respected by ell who knew him. They said that be bad bad his losses; the war bad half ruined him; his friends had observed thst he bad been irritable of late, poor man ; and, no doubt, be bad struck bis daughter harder than be intended. Hie wife and bis other children came to plead fur him. A legal gentleman ap peared, also, to do what wqs possible for him in the way of argument Genera) Butler decided-tbe case thus ; Lan dry should give his daughter her freedom, and settle upon her a thousand dollars. Being in mortal terror of Fort Jackson, be gladly complied with these terms. The pour girl went lurtb that day a free woman, and a trusted was appointed to administer her little fortune and see that no further harm befell her. It was a light Ipenalty fur such a crime. 1 wish the General bad treated the case a,la Wel lington—rung fur three poles and a rope, and had the wretch hanged, that Sunday muruing, in the nearest public square. God and men would have ’ applauded the deed, and there would have been no mure woman-whipping in New Orleans while the flag of the United States flouted over the Custom-House. Vegetable Xfocoznotion-I-A Phenomenon, A.Seatino Seed, or the “ Miraculous Dev il.” The ban Francisco Bulletin gives an ao-- count of one of the greatest curiosities, prob-' ably, that ever appeared in the natural world to puzxle philosophers, and make scientific in vesagaturg confess that there are dead walls against which they cun only beat their heads in vain, and it is found in a simple seed brought from the Sierra Madre range in Mexico, and called by the natives of the country El Diablo de Miarados. It is the seed, however, of a small tree or shrub known to Mexicans as the- Yerha de Flecha, or. Arrow tree. The mime is probably derived from the fact that the Indi ans were accustomed to extract a juice from it in w dipped the points of their ar rows, thul®%arbing them with a swift death. So poisonous is the which, exudes con sidered, that the natives cannot be persuaded to touch leaf or limb; and it is stated that were it attempted to graft the yerba de jleeha with any other tree, the slip would wither and blast it in an hour. This may or may not lie an ex agefation, though the probabilities are great that it is; but of the effects of the poison on the human system there can be no question, the facts being well substantiated. The wound that a pin’s point would make, if covered with the vegetable venom, causes death to ensue in an hour, leaving the body swollen and discol ored, like that of one who bad died of dropsy. The seed looks like a bean, is almost tbs same size, and has a similar dark-brown color. Three of them" grow iu the pod, which is round as an orange, in three n itural sections—segregate, and you have the shape of our miraculous devil to a dot. If laid on the palm of the hand it is as sleepy and quiet for a minute or two as a poppy seed could be, but by-and-by 8 pulsation and throbbing makes itself felt, and anon it goes sliding and skating, backwards and for wards, now to the right and again to the left, straight ahead, sometimes in the natural course of human and animal progression, and at oth ers taking tbo side way slant which crabs adopt. It is on eccentric fellow, and has the same ob jection to lying on its back that a mud-turtle has, flopping over without the aid of fin or tail. What are its means of progression ? How docs it rub along f—there’s the rub. I t has neither sign nor shadow of leg nor paddle-wheel, nof even has it the wriggling cuticle and, vertebrae of the serpent kind. But still it manages to slide along, like a stiff-legged boy uo skates, moved by occasional puffs of wind. It cannot be counted on with -any certginty, sometimes having to be held in the hand fur ten minutes before it will consent to exhibit. The period of activity is heralded by the throbbing of which we have spoken;.it is the bell, so to speak, of this little natural engine, which says ; Look out, the car. U coniine- If held to . the ear during this period of activi‘y, the throb can be heard as distinctly, os the tick of a Geneva watch. - • * Altogether,- it. is a most mysterious seed, and revives all the weird superstitions and stories that of, old were told of the subtle forces which lie bidden id the natural and physical world. The odio force.seems to find its fullest exponent here. Tux true Gentleman.— lt is no uncommon thing to meet with-mea of ,probity;. there are likewise a great many,of honor : lo be found.— Men of .courage, men of sense, and men of let ters are frequent: but tv .true gentleman .is what one seldom sees, lie is properly a .compound of the various good qualities that emVlUsh man kind. As. tho great poet animates all thodiffer ent parts of learning by, the force of his.gen ius, aqd irradiates all the compass of his knowl edge hy the brightness of- his imagination ; so all the great and solid perfections of life appear in the finished gentleman:; everything be says or does is, accompanied with'a manner . that draws the admiration and good will: of every beholder. .. .. ~ v, ■, , Is her early days. Mrs. Regers the actress; was baked by Lord Nortb, what was a cure for love. 1 -' ll : i "li-' t'i ■ • “ Yon* lotc!sliip,” iBaid ehe, “*» tha teat' I*■1 *■ know in the \ 1 ' ■ Poetry «id : cottsomptrotf ; are ■ t!rt most flat tering of WdWrttteii'^ :7 < 1 ’ CommitnCc.iUon, ■■ [For the Agitator.! COMMON SCHOOLS. It would be curioua if the examination of several hundred teachers did not dA;elop some curious answers. It is my purpose to publish some of the most curious of these, for the ben efit of Some curious teachers; ahd then whaj matter; if the curious but ever generous public do ,r laugh and jgfowifat'' over our blunders. But to be,more serious, and less curious, I pro pose to give, osi nearly as I can, ctrbalim, ei iiiaraturn, 1 1 aliat of the'most se rious imataker made during the series of exaro inations Just closed, and to conclude with a few serious remarks, hoping to bring good out of error, apd thus 1 give material aid to the cause of popular education. The following questions are given as they were presented to the several classes. The an swers are given ns quotations. Comments are unmarked: . Tu what class of elementary sounds does each letter in the following word belong; a.-b-i-d-i-n-gT “A is a diphthong” I did not pursue this answer any further. Another said; !“ 6 is a. eubvocal, nis an aspirate." Why is not n as macb a subvooal as 6 ? , What is language f “ Language is words of different sounds but the same meaning” How are the elemental sounds of the English langosgel classified ? “ Vowels; atonies, aubvo cnls.” Here is a combination of at least three different blassificatiuns. None complete; When is ya-consonnnf?- Not less than fifty teachers said; “when it is preceded by a vowel.” Ho w many Sounds has the combination ch! Most teachers said “ two.” Others gave an swers like the following: “ Three, ch. ns in church, ch. as in chair, and ch, in choose.” How many sounds does the vowel e repre sent? “Two; me, met.” Allow me to add three-more representative words; they, her, been. One teacher said it represented y the sound of t in caprice." What are; Labials, Lentals, Linguals, and Palatals. “Labials are sound* made by the thorax.” “jDentals are sound)* made by pal ate.” “ Palatals is the sound made with the pallet.” A sort of creaking sound, I reckon. •• Pallitubles;are formed by rolling the tongue toward the back part of the mouiii." The one who gave this) answer must have had in con templation a beef tongue which is indeed quite palatable”) when ruffing in that direction. ‘ ■ What are the principal forma of government? " Monarchy. Democracy, and Ann/ehy”—“ Ar istocracy, Republican, and Despotism” . In what itmntlis are our days and night* equal? “August.”—“June and September” —“ October! and November”—'" December”— Perhaps if I had examined further I should have found ievery month in the vear. Cm teachers who are so careless or so thoughtless expect to receive gfTod marking? What States) border on the Mississippi river abovo 1 Yickibtirg? “Ohio, Del. Wisconsin, Pa.” ■ i . How.is the United States bounded ? “ North by tht) Arctip Ocean.” Another said : “ south by the Southern confederacy and west by the pursifick coiin” What arelZones ? How many are there and where are they located respectively ? “There are five, Teiiiperato in North America” An other said, J ‘ Frigid cone surrounds tbo North pole.” Not bad I . When the minuend and remainder are given, how do yo'U find the subtrahend? “Add the minuend and- remainder, and then subtract the minuend from that product.” -- Define the terms multiple, common multiple, and least common multiple,. “ Least common multiple, least number that will divide 2 ur more numbers separately without a remain der.” Such definitions cannot be allowed on the plea that they moan well enough ;” for that would soon destroy the effect of all answers. What is a prime number ? “ A number con taining not hipre than one”—another said : “ A quniber that is divisible by 2.” Write the following words bare in the possessive' case, L_ We. Lady.'Src, “I. 1 We.’i LadiO’sJ’ Another wrote : “FsWe’s.” The plural Of sheep was written : “ Two sheep." The principal parts of the verb beware were given : “ beware, beware, bewareing, beware.” Parsing exercises: I knew better all the while. “ While is a noun objective ca u e and governed by knew.” “ The is an adjective of direct elusion”- This anstVer entirely eluded my Another teacher said -. “ Belter is on • ayitive- and J all is a pronominal' -ayitivc.” : , Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees. “ Be ware is a verb, third- person plural - and agrees with Pharisees”—“ learn is a numeral adjective ,: and ! tiiodifids Pharisees.” V 1 Beware of taken t -pelher is a verb.” - John please bring me a book. “John common noun nominative to-bring-’’ “ Please is an advprb”!|j“ Please bririg parsed together, as a verb;’’ Me ob jectjve case and governed by_ bring;” 'lt is ev ident that man is what education made him. “ Is.evident is a verb”—“ What is an adjective pronoun,’h—“ what is an interrogative pro noun”—" Wimt is conjunctive pronoun." “A conjunctive pronoun,of - one case”—“a con junctive pronoun of two cases” —evident was parked ns a “ verb,” “ adverb,” “.noun,” hod “ adjective,”- 4- ■ Examples in false syntax: The following ing-purported to be corrections : “ I done the example just as. you learned mo to dp it.”— “.Was it her- or 1 you spoke.to”—jDid- }ou speak to ehe or roe”—“ The'laws are very se vere of whr.”’ “Ho is very nigh thfddgh the arithmetic.-” - ! ' ! ; What class df scholars do yon prefer to teach.; , “Spine ofot)e class and gomaof - another”- —".a few of. each kind/’ These teachers are won derfully adapted to the wants of our common schools; they will be likely to be gratified in whatever schools they may enter; they should not fail of success. ■’ 1 I Do' you /can»i<iec District Institutes ptaoti ■ cable or profitable ? : r“ I should think they amount to shucks J mcrp- stains !I all show Butthia .teacfcer bad not beard the’, it tjaoelvn:' 1 ;- Si ; Ji ' ‘ .. • Advertisements will to charged $1 jier sqaarc of I# lines, one or (tree insertion-, and !ii tents lor every subsequent imertion.- Advertisements ol less then 10 Hues considered os o equate* 3be subjoined rat, % Will be charged for :‘ " F JL w • 3 UOSTHi. 3 MOItrHI. 13 MOST&g* 1 5qn»r«....... .. $3.00 $4,60 $6,00 2 do ; .„..i,OO 6,30 8,00 •-« T.OO 8,60 lOiflO B,OO 0,80 12,80 15.00 20,00 S 6,00 3 do, i Column i do. tiona desired until ordered out and chargeiTafccow^^^ Poster*, Handbills, Bill-Heads,' all .kinds of Jobbing done in county executed neatly and promptly* Just ice a'. Constable?* and other BLANKS* constantly on hand* NO. 15. Have you ever Attended a District Institute regularly t “flu I never beard of one.” Tru ly did Solomon observe; “He that answereth a matter; before be bearetb it, it is folly and shame unto faitn.” Avery large majority of the teachers examined, committed themselves in favor of District 1 Institutes, Let them have n fair trial. . ' , . What is your principal mode of punishmant 1 “ Set the boys with girls, for large scholars s and the cudgel for small ones; or viei versa." 1 like the vice versa much the best. Another teacher said: “ Wounding the heart instead of the back if they have any" hearts” It is to \ be presumed'.that this 1 was by a young lady ' who governs hg iovc. ' . I have been led to tiie publication of these answers partly, for the amusement they will afford, and partly by a desire of having my say on some questions which the nature sf an examination prevented at the time they were propounded. It also brings some of tfap mast important errors directly before the teachers, and gives them an opportunity for reconstruc tion and improvement in the future. It is a ' rule of menial, os well |as moral philosophy, that nothing is more beneficial to as thdh a careful and candid reflection upon ;our own errors. '% There is n a room for offense on the ground of my lining personalities; for since I bare given neither name, sex, location, nor date of examination of any applicant, no one need be known as the ~ author of any of the foregoing blunders unless be or she chooses to publish himself or herself as Juoh. No one bos exam ined any of the teachers hooks but myself, and t cannot even now remember who committed one out of ten of the mistakes here published. Those whom 1 have neglected to criticise, have the only real cause of complaint. , . Teachers, study principles, not books, j A hook is but an aid to assist you in becoming ao- > quuinted with a science; it is not the science itself. But do nut neglect the language of the science ; the language of a 'science U insepa rable from it. We can scarcely think without language; we cannot make any considerable progress without it. Many answers appcar.la dicruus from the loose manner in which words are employed to express them. Do not under- . stand me that you me to bo- confined to the exact phra-eidogy of any particular author.— You should study to be able to speak or write accurately without the aid of your author's language.'- Study .Rhetoric. This you can ac quire, not by superficial study, hut by diligent and thorough application, by patience, practice, persei entice. 1 shall, aim to make my future examinations more thorough than the series just closed; I shall {aim to so form my questions that they can not he answered in the language uf any partic ular author ; but 1 shall endeavor to test your knowledge of corollaries as well us your knowl edge of leading principles. Do not neglect the higher branches of learn ing taught in our Academies and high schools. It is a mistaken idea that we cannot givec-dus attention to the common while wo advance in tbs higher. 1 think too much time is often spent in coning over and over the principles bf the ooramrfn branches without taking studies enough in advance to keep up a proper stimulous for the mind which always delights in learning something new. I am not afraid uf any genuine students becom ing dull or rusty in the common branches who teaches, in cur ■ common schools three or six months in the year. Study Algebra and Gecm- , etry, they will expand'yoor perceptive faculties, i and give scope to your mathematical knowl edge already acquired ; study Astronomy and Natural Philosophy, they will develop yuur rea«oning powers and cultivate, your imagina tion ; study Physiology and Chemistry, they will give you a more intimate knowledge of the structure uf your own organic system as well ' as a of the structure of the, multi tude of bodies by which you are surrounded; study the ancient languages, they will belp.you to understand your own ; study history, it is the grand chain which binds, together all the other branches of learning and makes of, them one harmonious whole. In conclusion. I would say study everything that comes witbin.yonr reach, politics and poetry as well as religion. Because I examine you only in .the seven branches prescribed by law, think not they contain all that U, necessary to make scholars and teachers, of you. Remember “theory of- j, teaching” is now included among the “requi sites,” therefore be ye also ready iu this. V. A. Eolioxt, Co. Supt. Tub of a Sceap Book. —Every one who taken. a newspaper .which be, in the least deglee, appreciates, will .often regret, to see a , number thrown aside for. waste pappr which contains some interesting and important arti cles. A good way to preserve these is the use . of a scrap book. ■ , / One who hag never been accustomed thus to/ preserve short articles can hardly eatimatJ tba pleasure it affords to sit down and turn over the plcaaant and familiar pages. Here a choice piece of poetry meets, the eye,, which' you, re member you were so glad to see in the paper, - but , which would have long since been destroyed had it not been for your'serap book. .Th'e'rn is a witty anecdote it.does you good to laugh over yet, though for the' twentieth time. Next is a valuable receipt' which ytnihad almost forgot ten, and which you hfd found just in time to save much perplexity;'" Thi.re is a sweet little story,' the of ‘wbtcli .bas oheered'und encouraged you many, a time, when almost ready,to despair under tf.e' pressurd of life's c ires and 'trials. , Indeed you can, baldly take ■up n single-papei without re-perusing. Just glance over the ptqwr before' you, arid seo hoyr many valuable itenis it contains that would be ‘ of service to you a hundred, times in life. A choice thought is far mure precious than a Sit of glittering gold. Hoard with care the pre cious gems and see ut the close of the year what a rich treasure you.have accumulated. • ‘'WnV 5* ad orderly schoolmaster like the let ter C ? Becansohe makes lasses into clstses. What do nerer to ! ....issioo ' tifio to, co not hsrinjt the number of iertf- !» pnblUhei i. ss?* T -
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers